Work & commute · Rehoboth Beach

Work & commute in Rehoboth Beach, DE

About one in 5 of Rehoboth Beach’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewes (4%), Dover (4%) and Wilmington (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

76 of 348 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 272 Rehoboth Beach residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 2,459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rehoboth Beach.

272live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

2,459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rehoboth Beach goes to work

Rehoboth Beach (in town)right here

22%76

Lewes5.4 mi away

4%14

Dover38.7 mi away

4%14

Wilmington74.4 mi away

3%9

Dewey Beach1.5 mi away

2%7

Milford22.7 mi away

2%7

Salisbury, MD36.1 mi away

2%7

Henlopen Acres0.6 mi away

1%4

Seaford29.1 mi away

1%4

Smyrna49 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%202

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Rehoboth Beach commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

11%

14%

24%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rehoboth Beach is a job hub

7.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

7.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rehoboth Beach are

2,535 jobs are based in Rehoboth Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rehoboth Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rehoboth Beach

2,535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Rehoboth Beach residents hold

348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+9%

Jobs based in Rehoboth Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,336 → 2,535. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.